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Electric car drivers could face new pay-per-mile tax under Treasury plans: Report
The 3p per mile tax aims to recover lost fuel duty revenue and could cost average electric vehicle drivers £250 annually, starting in 2028 after consultation.
- Car owners could face a new 'pay-per-mile' tax of around 3p for every mile they drive, as proposed in plans reportedly being considered by Chancellor Rachel Reeves.
- The proposed tax, expected to be unveiled in the November 26 Budget, is aimed at addressing the growing loss of fuel duty revenue caused by the rapid shift to electric vehicles .
- While initially applying only to EVs that have lost their vehicle excise duty exemption in 2025, motoring bodies fear the per-mile system could eventually be expanded to all vehicles.
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Northampton Chronicle & Echo
Drivers could soon pay 3p per mile under Rachel Reeves’ reported new car tax plan
Drivers’ groups say the plan could hit early EV adopters and risk stalling the UK’s green motoring push ⚡
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Introducing 3p per mile EV fee at Budget could be ‘poll tax on wheels’
Chancellor Rachel Reeves will unveil the policy when she delivers her November 26 Budget, it has been reported. Announcing a per mile charge for electric vehicles (EVs) in the Budget could be viewed as a “poll tax on wheels”, a motoring group has warned. Chancellor Rachel Reeves will unveil a policy to introduce a 3p per mile fee for EVs when she delivers her November 26 Budget, the Daily Telegraph reported. The scheme is set to be implemented i…
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